Great Lakes Indian

Fish & Wildlife Commission

(GLIFWC)

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The Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission is commonly known by its acronym, GLIFWC. Formed in 1984, GLIFWC represents eleven Ojibwe tribes in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan who reserved hunting, fishing and gathering rights in the 1837, 1842, and 1854 Treaties with the United States government.

GLIFWC provides natural resource management expertise, conservation enforcement, legal and policy analysis, and public information services in support of the exercise of treaty rights during well-regulated, off-reservation seasons throughout the treaty ceded territories.

GLIFWC News & Upcoming Events

The US Forest Service has updated its motorized vehicle route maps for the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in 2019. Whether you’re picking berries or scouting hunting sites, the map is a great resource.

The maps are available for FREE on your smartphone or tablet through the Avenza app. Just like the black and white motorized vehicle use maps, the electronic maps identify the roads, trails, and areas designated for public motor vehicle use on National Forest lands. Best of all, it lets you know exactly where you are while traveling on the National Forest. See link for more https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/cnnf/maps-pubs/…

Climate change has impacted and will continue to impact indigenous peoples, their lifeways and culture, and the natural world upon which they rely, in unpredictable and potentially devastating ways. Many climate adaptation planning tools fail to address the unique needs, values and cultures of indigenous communities. Dibaginjigaadeg Anishinaabe Ezhitwaad: A Tribal ClimateAdaptation Menu provides a framework to integrate Anishinaabe and Menominee traditional knowledge, culture, language and history into the climate adaptation planning process and is designed to be used by other indigenous communities through the incorporation of their own knowledge, language and culture. The author team is a diverse group representing tribal, academic, intertribal and government entities in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan.

GLIFWC's Focus Areas

GLIFWC is actively involved in a broad spectrum of resource related activities aimed at protecting and enhancing the natural resources and habitat in the treaty-ceded territories while also infusing an Ojibwe perspective into its work.